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Enhancing Community Participation Through Peer-Delivered Decision Support

NCT ID: NCT06492434

Last Updated: 2025-12-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

16 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-01

Study Completion Date

2025-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to pilot test a peer-delivered decision support intervention ("peer decision coaching") designed to enhance decision-making about community participation among young adults with serious mental illness (SMI).

Detailed Description

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The overarching goal of this study is to pilot test a peer-delivered decision support intervention ("peer decision coaching") designed to enhance decision-making about community participation among young adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI). We will use a single-group, pre-post, convergent mixed methods design to explore implementation and whether and how the intervention impacts decision-making and community participation outcomes. We will aim to recruit 40 participants in this intervention study. This design will enable us to link themes regarding participants' experience of the intervention with quantitative measures of decision-making and community participation.

Conditions

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Severe Mental Disorder

Keywords

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Peer specialists, Decision Support Techniques, Young Adult

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Peer decision coaching arm

All participants will engage in the Peer Decision Coaching intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer decision coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Peer Decision Coaching is a brief, personalized intervention grounded in evidence-based decision- and peer support principles. During the intervention, a trained peer specialist supports the young person in identifying a decision related to community participation that they need to make, such as whether to work or go to school, helping them address decision-making needs, and assisting them with developing and implementing a decision-making plan. Ultimately, the intervention aims to support young people in pursuing their community participation interests and goals.

Interventions

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Peer decision coaching

Peer Decision Coaching is a brief, personalized intervention grounded in evidence-based decision- and peer support principles. During the intervention, a trained peer specialist supports the young person in identifying a decision related to community participation that they need to make, such as whether to work or go to school, helping them address decision-making needs, and assisting them with developing and implementing a decision-making plan. Ultimately, the intervention aims to support young people in pursuing their community participation interests and goals.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-30 years of age;
* Experiencing a SMI, as determined by: (a) self-reported psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum or major affective disorder, and (b) self-reported current or past functional impairment due to experiencing mental health challenges in one or more major life areas (i.e., work school, social activities)
* Able to identify at least 2 areas of community participation that individuals want to be doing more in in the next 6 months
* Current sufficiency of community participation (i.e., number of important participation areas done enough / number of important participation areas) of 50% or less.

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to provide informed consent, as assessed by research staff using an active recall method
* limited ability to act on decisions due to self-reported legal, residential, or guardianship restrictions.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Temple University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth Thomas, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Temple University

Locations

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Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery

Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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90IFRE0068

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

270034

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id